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Admission of Minority Students in Absence of Affirmative Action: The Predictive Value of Non-Cognitive Variables for Academic Success

Admission of Minority Students in Absence of Affirmative Action: The Predictive Value of Non-Cognitive Variables for Academic Success. Finck, B. 2016: Dissertation, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, College of Education. Keywords: affirmative action, race-based admission, admission criteria, and best practice admissions. The purpose of the current quantitative correlational study was to identify admission criteria that best predict academic success for all individuals, which will provide institutions with an alternative to affirmative action for increasing minority enrollment. Therefore, the relationship between non-cognitive variables, minority admission, and academic success were of interest.
To alleviate the nursing shortage and increase the number of minority nurses, there is a need for institutions to admit and retain minority students. In this study, the researcher investigated the extent to which traditional academic predictors (i.e., grade point average and standardized examination scores), and non-traditional variables (i.e., realistic self-appraisal, preference to long-term goals, and community service) predicted students’ academic success in a baccalaureate nursing program.
Analyses determined the impact of traditional and non-traditional variables as predictors of students’ academic success in nursing school as measured by their grade point average, whether or not they graduated from the program, and if they passed the NCLEX-RN examination. The results of the analysis provided evidence of a predictive relationship between all outcome measures and the non-cognitive admission criterions realistic self-appraisal and preference to long-term goals for both White and non-White students. Additionally, the findings indicated non-White students admitted with non-cognitive admission criteria demonstrated a significantly higher pass rate than non-White students using only cognitive admission criteria.

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